Yooka-Replaylee Drops Steam Next Fest Demo | popgeeks.com

Playtonic has been saying for months that they can deliver a much better version of Yooka-Laylee, and now may be their chance to prove it. A free demo of the revamped 3D adventure platformer Yooka-Replaylee is now live on Steam as part of their Next Fest.

Here’s what you get for the price of nothing: a new set of opening cutscenes will reveal how Yooka and Laylee came into possession of the One Book. A new crystal cave area will offer an improved tutorial sequence. The demo reaches all the way to the entrance of the first Grand Tome, but along the way there will be a preview of the new Rextro’s Arcade. Playtonic claims the average player should get through the demo in thirty minutes. Plus, all progress you make in the demo can be transferred to the finished PC version of Yooka-Replaylee.

• MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN EVER – With an art and animations overhaul and enhanced performance and resolution, the favourite buddy duo has never looked or moved better.
• NEW AND IMPROVED CHALLENGES – Improvements to existing in-game challenges and many entirely new challenges to discover and undertake!
• NEW COLLECTIBLE CURRENCY – Capital B’s inept minions have dropped their hard-earned coins all over the place. Collect the official currency of the Hivory Towers to spend on video games’ most beloved sentient vending machine.
• NAVIGATING THE WORLD – Now you can get lost in the game, not in the world! A brand-new world map and challenges tracker helps you know where you are and what needs to be done. Hooray!
• VENDI HAS PLENTY TO OFFER – Tonics are back with all new flavours! With the option to equip multiple game-changing enhancements, you can truly customize your playstyle. And as if that wasn’t enough, Vendi has new lines of merchandise for the modern fashionable adventurer.
• REVISED CONTROLS & CAMERA – A new tweaked move set allows you to combine moves more fluidly while the new camera controls makes framing the action a breeze.
• A DREAMY ORCHESTRAL SOUNDTRACK – The original score from famed video game composers Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie) and David Wise (Donkey Kong Country) returns but as a beautifully arranged orchestral score. Now seriously, clean out those ears.

There’s still no specific release date for Yooka-Replaylee but Playtonic believes they can get it out by the end of this year.